The paper discusses the landfilling of solid residues from hospital waste incineration in Italy and its complex legal status (hazardous or nonhazardous). According to current regulations, the parameter to be controlled is the concentration of heavy metals before their final disposal in a landfill. S
Heavy metals in residues from hospital solid waste incineration
โ Scribed by A. Santarsiero; M. Ottaviani
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-265X
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